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Proverbs 17:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- KJV
- A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.entereth…: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times
- WEB
- A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
- ASV
- A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- LSV
- Rebuke comes down on the intelligent || More than one hundred stripes on a fool.
- YLT
- Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
- DBY
- A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- DRC
- A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
- GNV
- A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.
- JPS
- A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- LXXE
- A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Συντρίβει ἀπειλὴ καρδίαν φρονίμου, ἄφρων δὲ μαστιγωθεὶς οὐκ αἰσθάνεται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Proverbs 9:8–9Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 19:25Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Proverbs 29:19A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).